Chapter 0114
**Josie’s POV**
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Axel satisfies my heat, followed by Theo and then Luke. By the time the wave passes, I am utterly exhausted and Axel has to carry me to the shower. My body wants to sleep, every muscle hurts, even muscles I didn’t know I had. I notice the guys exchanging worried glances and if I had any energy left I’d ask them what’s wrong, but I think I fall asleep before we even make it to the bed. I startle awake with a jolt, sickness twists in my gut, and my wolf urges me to give her control.
“Something is wrong,” I sit up telling the guys who are in the bed with me but are still awake.
“Shh, everything is fine, you need to rest, you’ve barely slept,” Luke soothes but I shake my head. My heart pounds in my chest and my wolf insists there is something very wrong
“No, something has happened,” my voice trembles and my eyes fill with tears, I scramble out of bed and find my phone, hitting call on Mason’s contact, “pick up, pick up, pick up,” I plead, but it rings out. I try Mr Collins next and get the same result. “We have to go,” I turn to face the guys who now look concerned too. Theo tries Mason again and I wait with baited breath.
“No answer,” He shakes his head.
“How far to the prison?” Axel asks, his tone is deadly.
“About twenty minutes in a car, but they were on their way back. Mason just texted me about five minutes ago saying they were leaving,” Theo says, pulling on his pants… grab a hoody and jeans, shoving them on quickly.
“Let’s shift and head that way then,” Axel nods, his fists clench and unclench as he waits for us all to dress.
“Maybe I should stay here with Josie, I’m not sure she should be out there in this state,” Luke suggests and I’m shaking my head before he can finish his sentence.
“Nope. I appreciate you’re trying to protect me but this is non–negotiable. I’m going,” I move to the door.
Minutes later we are running out of the academy gates. Security attempts to intercept us but one furious look from Axel and they back down.
“Mr Collins and another student are in trouble. Get a team sent towards the prison now!” he roars at the two men. One of them nods and rushes into the small security office. Axel shifts, his wolf is enormous, I swear it’s almost doubled in size since I last saw it. The rest of us shift and then we take off running. My wolf pushes forward, racing in front of the guys and following her insticts, she seems to know where she is going. The night air is cold, each exhale from my wolf coming out in a visible vapour. Scenery blurs by as we move so fast that my eyes can barely keep up. My heart pounds in my chest, a frantic rhythm that matches the thrumming in my ears. The scent of petrol, smoke and blood hit me and my wolf surges forward with urgency. The scent grows stronger with every hurried stride. When the scene finally comes into sight my wolf’s strides falter. Theo’s wolf whimpers beside me as we look at the fire consuming the wrecked car on the road ahead.
“Get down,” Luke whispers, back in his human form. His words seem muffled under the weight of my panic but I do as he says, crowing low on my haunches. Thick plumes of black smoke rise from the wreckage and my eyes scan the debris, looking in for them. Men circle the wreckage, seemingly unaware of our arrival. One of the men appears to kick something in the road and I rise a little to get a better look. When I see the body at his feet I don’t think, I just move. I leap forward. The man turns just in time and I see the startled look on his face right before my teeth sink into his neck, giving him no time to react. His blood gushes into my mouth in bursts as I sever his artery. He drops to the floor beneath me and his fist connects with my jaw, hard. I release him with a yelp and his feet kick up into my abdomen, sending me flying. I land on my side, skidding across the rough tarmac. Shit, he’s
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strong. I push back to my feet, ready to try again but when look at film he is clutching his throat, desperately trying to stop the bleeding. He’s done, he can’t heal that. Sinds of fighting draw my attention away from him and I watch with pride as Axel, Luke and Theo hunt down the rest of the group. Axel makes short work of taking them down. He’s savage, he’s Axe. A movement to my left catches my eye and I see someone looking down the sights of some kind of rifle, aiming in the direction of my guys. I sh and my hand shoots out on instinct. I crush the end of the barrel with little effort. The mafi turns his attention towards me, his eyes flashing, blue a split second before. I’m sent flying backwards. I hit the ground hard, my breath knocked from me. I struggle to turn onto my front and push up to my knees, but before I can get up something lashes across my back. I feel my skin split under the strike and I gasp in pain. A further five lashes marr my back and 1 scream out in pain and frustration. I hear Axel’s roar of fury and the assault stops. Pushing to my feet I stumble cowards the body in the road. My heart almost seizes at the sight of the battered man at my feet.
‘Mason,” 1 cry, my voice breaking as I drop to my knees beside his fragile body. His eyes are closed, his body too still, but he’s still alive, he has to be. My hands tremble above lilm, too scared to touch him, afraid I’ll cause more damage. Luke comes up behind me, wrapping his arms around me in support.
“Mace,” Theo shouts, dropping down beside me on the tarmac. He pulls Mason’s limp body onto his lap, “Wake up, Mace, please wake up,” he begs, breaking my heart. “You can’t leave me now, not when I’ve only just got you. This was not a one–and–done deal, do you hear me? So wake up you stubborn asshole,” he sobs.
Axel staggers over to us, a limp body in his arms. He drops next to me and I suck in a horrified breath when my eyes take in the bloody but unmistakable face of Mr Collins.
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